Active Transportation Advocates See Silver Lining in Infrastructure Bill
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A handful of critical policy changes buried in the bipartisan infrastructure megabill may quietly revolutionize life for people who walk and roll through U.S. cities — especially if it's amended to include other progressive items a House bill.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- SLO’s Bread Bike Moving Into a Storefront (Eater)
- Best and Worst Bus Stops in S.F. (Citylab)
- VTA, San Francisco, Say They’ve Paid for Caltrain (DailyJournal)
- LA Metro Greenlights Pre-Development Work on Sepulveda Pass (Daily News)
- Fountain Valley-Based Pedego Pulls in $121 Million in Sales over Past Year (Spec1)
- Number of Vaccinated Getting a Bump as Employers Mandate Vax (Union-Trib)
- Kaiser Orders All Employees to Get Vaxxed (SacBee)
- Op/Ed: Don’t Gut Walk/Bike Funding (SBUSA)
- Underserved SD Neighborhoods Get More $ for Parks (Union-Trib)
- Infrastructure Bill Includes Bump for Transit Relative to Roads (Bloomberg)
- Provision in Bill Requires Cities and States to Consider Private Financing for Transportation (The American Prospect)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
National Headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro Releases Draft Environmental Documents For West Santa Ana Branch Rail
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The nearly 20-mile light rail line will extend from downtown Los Angeles through Vernon, Huntington Park, Cudahy, Bell, South Gate, Downey, Cerritos, Bellflower, and Artesia.
Launch of the Free Cable Cars
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As promised, for the month of August cable cars will be free as service ramps back up
Today’s Headlines
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- Return of the San Francisco Cable Cars (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- $2.6M Bikeway Proposed In Whittier Narrows Area (Whittier Daily News)
- La Verne Looks To Build Bike/Ped Bridge From Station To Fairplex (SGV Tribune)
- West Hollywood Walkable, But Not For Disabled Folks (WeHoVille)
- 1/2 of California Under Mask Mandate (SacBee)
- Long Beach Prepares for Return of Grand Prix (LB Post)
- Why SoCal Is the New “EV Mecca” (OC Register)
- Schumer Fast-Tracking 2,700-Page Infrastructure Bill, Calling for Vote within Days (Associated Press)
- Transit Advocates Say $39 Billion Devoted to Transit Not Enough (The Hill)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
National Headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro Moves to Revive Canceled High Desert Freeway Project
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It appeared that cancellation of Metro's High Desert Corridor Freeway meant that voter approved "mutli-purpose" funding would go to rail. Now Metro Highways are moving to steer the money widen another highway nearby.
Caltrans SGV District Collecting Public Comments for Active Transportation Plan
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Caltrans is seeking public input in developing its local Active Transportation Plans. The L.A.-Ventura plan will identify locations for bicycle and pedestrian improvements on, across, or parallel to the state highway system.
Visionary Highway Removal Program Virtually Axed from Fed Infrastructure Package
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Advocates are rallying to restore funding for a visionary highway removal program that was all but entirely removed during the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- LA Metro Releases EIR For West Santa Ana Branch Rail (Urbanize, The Source)
- LADOT Study: Transportation System Failing Women (LAist)
- Return of Traffic Congestion (SFChron)
- Carlsbad Receives Grant for 2.5 Mile Rails to Trails Project (Union-Tribune)
- Recall of Newsom Will Win or Lose Based on Dem Turnout (SacBee)
- Here Are the Dates and Details You Need to Know on the Recall (Fresno Bee)
- Soon We Will Learn the Details of the Infrastructure Bill (Politico)
- But Here’s What We Know So Far (Mass Transit Mag)
- Progressives Fighting for More Funding for Transit and EV’s (E&E News)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
National Headlines at Streetsblog USA
Update: Progress Towards Seamless Transit
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Next step is the MTC Board
Infrastructure Deal ‘Worst Ratio for Transit Funding Since Nixon’
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Washington is one step closer to passing an infrastructure package that would provide historic funding for transit, and then immediately undercut it with historic funding for drivers.